I was present with al-Miqdad - Abu Nu'aim bin al-Aswad said - during an incident which, if it were to happen to me, it would be dearer to me than anything else. He came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he was praying against the mushrikeen and said: By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, we will not say as the Children of Israel said to Moosa, "So go you and your Lord and fight you two, we are sitting right here" (al-Ma'idah 5:34); rather we will fight on your right and on your left, in front of you and behind you. And I saw the face of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) brighten and he was pleased with that, Aswad said: And I saw the face of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) brighten at that, and he was pleased with that. Abu Nu'aim said: And I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with his face brightening, and he was pleased with that.